Dylan called Mike Bloomfield “the best guitar player I ever heard.” But his intensity and brilliance obscured a deep-seated ...

B.B. King, the King of the Blues, would have turned 100 on Sept. 16. Most Americans know his name, his primacy among blues legends, and the singular identity of his beloved hollow-body Gibson guitar ...

Classic Blues Guitar Licks Everyone Should Know” teaches essential blues phrases that every guitarist can incorporate into ...

Explore the life and illustrious career of the blues-rock guitar legend. From average Joe by day to guitar hero at night, Guitar Man tells the story of the rise of legendary bluesman Joe Bonamassa, ...

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, musical heir to a long line of blues greats from the Mississippi Delta, has been compared to the likes of B.B. King. But while the legendary guitarist is one of Ingram's ...

Guild, which celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2023, was founded by Alfred Dronge, who teamed up with former Epiphone ...

We explore where the blues came from and its influence on many modern genres of music. We explore where the blues came from and how it went on to influence many modern genres of music. From Delta ...

INDIANOLA, MS ‒ On the stage at Club Ebony in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, blues artist Alphonso Sanders sings an original song called “Delta Sun,” dedicated to life in a hot and challenging ...

His 1960s band, the Blues Project, won a following with a driving, experimental approach to traditional material that was anything but purist. By Jon Pareles Danny Kalb, a guitarist whose 1960s band ...

Jeff Beck, the blues-rock innovator and two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who revolutionized how the guitar is played, died Tuesday at the age of 78. Beck’s family confirmed the former ...

Lonnie Mack, the blues-rock pioneer who influenced an entire generation of guitarists like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Duane Allman, Eric Clapton and Keith Richards, died Thursday at a medical facility near ...

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